title: Full-vectorial whispering-gallery-mode cavity analysis.
abstract: We present a full-vectorial three-dimensional whispering-gallery-mode microcavity analysis technique. With this technique, optical properties such as resonance wavelength, quality factor, and electromagnetic field distribution of a microcavity in the presence of individual nanoparticle adsorption can be simulated with high accuracy, even in the presence of field distortion from plasmon effects at a wavelength close to plasmon resonance. This formulation is applicable to a wide variety of whispering-gallery related problems, such as waveguide to cavity coupling and full wave propagation analysis of a general whispering-gallery-mode microcavity where axisymmetry along the azimuthal direction is not required.
authors.forename: Xuan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Serge
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vincent
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lu